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HC quashes case against Karnataka CM for sharing allegedly morphed image of BJP protest
The Karnataka High Court on Friday quashed criminal proceedings against Chief Minister DK Shivakumar for allegedly sharing a morphed photo of a protest held by Bharatiya Janata Party leaders in 2024, Bar and Bench reported. The bench allowed Shivakumar’s petition to set aside the proceedings. BJP leaders had held a protest in January 2024 against…
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Bengal Police launch probe into TMC’s bank accounts after rebel MLA’s complaint
The West Bengal Police on Friday launched an investigation into three bank accounts of the Trinamool Congress, The Times of India reported. The police also ordered the bank to freeze withdrawals from the accounts. The probe was initiated under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita pertaining to organised crime, cheating and criminal conspiracy as well…
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How a geologist built a Hindustani music oasis in a steel town
Imagine India’s first steel plant, newly forged with socialist aspirations and carved out of a village in the baking plains of Central India. Now imagine this industrial complex, crisscrossed by blast furnaces, conveyor belts, chimneys and cranes, as an oasis for Indian classical music. That is precisely what Bhilai was to become, driven by the…
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India’s foreign exchange reserves fall by nearly $10 billion to $671 billion
India’s foreign exchange reserves fell by nearly $10 billion to $671 billion in the week ending June 12, data from the Reserve Bank of India showed on Friday. In rupee terms, the decline in the foreign exchange reserves amounts to Rs 82,100 crore. Foreign currency assets, which are the largest component of the reserves, increased…
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Indian IT industry wants to take on ‘unglamorous’ AI work for American companies
This article was originally published in Rest of World, which covers technology’s impact outside the West. America’s AI gold rush is staring at a haunting challenge as most US companies struggle to see real-world benefits. India’s $300-billion IT industry is moving to capture the “deployment layer” to execute the messy, unglamorous work needed to make…
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Uddhav Thackeray rejects Congress merger claims
Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Friday rejected claims that his faction would merge with the Congress. “If we didn’t merge with the BJP [Bharatiya Janata Party] despite being an ally for 30 years, how can we merge with the Congress?” Thackeray asked at the party’s 60th foundation day event in Mumbai.…
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‘Voices of Emergency’: How an anthology of protest poetry spoke out against constitutional injustice
In October 1978, John Oliver Perry, a Professor of English at Tufts University, US, issued an advertisement in the Times of India and Hindustan Times calling for submissions of protest poems written in response to the Emergency. Voices of Emergency: An All India Anthology of Protest Poetry of the 1975-1977 Emergency, comprising 280 poems in…